Latvian Prime Minister Resigns Amid Spate of Ukrainian Drone Crashes

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that electronic warfare by Moscow had deliberately ‘diverted Ukrainian drones from their targets in Russia.’

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina arrives for the EU Summit in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, on April 23, 2026. Petros Karadjias/AP

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned on May 14, after several days of political recriminations over the country’s inability to protect its citizens from rogue Ukrainian drones.

“My priority has always been, and remains, the well-being and security of Latvia’s people,” Silina wrote on X on May 14. “Parties and coalitions change, but Latvia endures. And my responsibility to society comes above all else.”